Original artwork description:

I have chosen this piece entitled “Monsoon Rains, Taipei City” as a symbol of “Portraits from the Precipice” to show the effects of the worsening severe weather that we are now enduring as a result of Global Warming. As temperatures reach new maximum summer highs and winter lows we are also suffering heavier and more intense storms and downpours.
I have lived in Taipei City, Taiwan since 2001 and have witnessed increasingly stronger record breaking Typhoons and heavier Monsoon rain downpours, leading to flooding, landslides and destruction. In this painting I wanted to show how the rain falls so intensely and suddenly that you struggle to even see buildings across the street from you. In the background of this picture you can see the shape of Taipei 101, which was the world’s tallest building at the time. These storms bring such huge amounts of water in such short times that they cause widespread damage and disruption.
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Materials used:

Oil Pastel, Pencil and Oil Paint on Stretched Canvas

Tags:

#nangang #nature #oil painting #impressionism #expressionism #cityscape #mixed media #urban #impasto #rain #buildings #skyline #taiwan #monsoon #downpour #taipei cityscape #taipei 101 #extreme weather 

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